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Upgrades, priority boarding, on time, and other areas that help us choose an airline
Consider Tuesday – Friday travel for client savings and airport relief
Yesterday, USA Today reported an all time high on air travel for summer months since 2003. Those of us who typically depart for clients on Sunday evenings or Monday mornings are seeing the increases already. Average tickets prices for flights less than 2 hours… Continue Reading “Consider Tuesday – Friday travel for client savings and airport relief”
American will allow passengers without roller bags to board first
Here is another new development in airlines attempting to improve boarding times. American Airlines announced this week they plan to introduce a new boarding policy allowing passengers with only small carry on items that can fit under the seat to board first. Most of… Continue Reading “American will allow passengers without roller bags to board first”
Woman Singing forces flight to make emergency landing…
An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing and kick a woman off the plane after she refused to stop singing Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You” earlier this week. This has to be the most bizarre story I’ve heard… Continue Reading “Woman Singing forces flight to make emergency landing…”
Airport Body Scanners Starting to be Replaced…travelers comments
Last month TSA reported their plans to replace the current body scanners, due to concerns of patient privacy rights. Evidently the current machines show semi-nude images with rather inappropriate clear views of genitals. There are also studies that suggest that frequent flyers are at… Continue Reading “Airport Body Scanners Starting to be Replaced…travelers comments”
FAA sequestration…expect delays
It appears we are in for some more flight delays across the country. The reduction in staffing is creating a significant slow down in planes being able to get off the gate, but not nearly as bad as originally predicted. Most airlines are sending… Continue Reading “FAA sequestration…expect delays”
A look at airline mergers and the impact to quality
Last week I shared the most recent ranking of our US based airlines. Both American and US Air were on the low end of that report in 9th and 10th place. Now they have announced their plans to merge. One can only wonder, could… Continue Reading “A look at airline mergers and the impact to quality”
HIT Impact Study from HIMSS Informatics
Today HIMSS released a report stating an improvement in HIT adoption during an hour webinar. Seems rather low doesn’t it? It’ll probably come to no surprise to see the other low scores from clinicians regarding value of HIT from workflows, communication, and reporting perspectives.… Continue Reading “HIT Impact Study from HIMSS Informatics”
2013 Airline Quality Rating Report
The annual report shares some interesting ratings on all the US based airlines. The first thing I read was that Delta had more pets die on its planes than any other. Not that I ever travel with a pet, but interesting statistic just the… Continue Reading “2013 Airline Quality Rating Report”
What if airlines charged by passengers weight? Samoa Air is doing just that…
I think the concept sounds a little crazy, but yet Samoa Air makes the announcement to charge $4.16 per kilogram for the passengers weight with their luggage. The airlines suggests that it encourages their passengers to be healthy and watch their weight. I’m skeptical… Continue Reading “What if airlines charged by passengers weight? Samoa Air is doing just that…”
Change to Delta Skymile members – Points now expire at death
A sneaky little change that can’t be found anywhere on their website any more. In the past you could identify a beneficiary to your skymiles, but now that option has gone away. Joining the likes of other airlines with the same policy including: United,… Continue Reading “Change to Delta Skymile members – Points now expire at death”
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